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Sweet and fitting it is to die for the fatherland.


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And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.



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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.



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I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.



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